[PATCH v5 4/9] writeback: create dirty_info structure
From: Greg Thelen
Date: Fri Feb 25 2011 - 16:39:28 EST
Bundle dirty limits and dirty memory usage metrics into a dirty_info
structure to simplify interfaces of routines that need all.
Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changelog since v4:
- Within new dirty_info structure, replaced nr_reclaimable with nr_file_dirty
and nr_unstable_nfs to give callers finer grain dirty usage information.
- Added new dirty_info_reclaimable() function.
- Made more use of dirty_info structure in throttle_vm_writeout().
Changelog since v3:
- This is a new patch in v4.
fs/fs-writeback.c | 7 ++---
include/linux/writeback.h | 15 ++++++++++++-
mm/backing-dev.c | 18 +++++++++------
mm/page-writeback.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
mm/vmstat.c | 6 +++-
5 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 59c6e49..d75e4da 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -595,12 +595,11 @@ static void __writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb,
static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
{
- unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;
+ struct dirty_info info;
- global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
+ global_dirty_info(&info);
- return (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
- global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) > background_thresh);
+ return dirty_info_reclaimable(&info) > info.background_thresh;
}
/*
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 0ead399..a06fb38 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -84,6 +84,19 @@ static inline void inode_sync_wait(struct inode *inode)
/*
* mm/page-writeback.c
*/
+struct dirty_info {
+ unsigned long dirty_thresh;
+ unsigned long background_thresh;
+ unsigned long nr_file_dirty;
+ unsigned long nr_writeback;
+ unsigned long nr_unstable_nfs;
+};
+
+static inline unsigned long dirty_info_reclaimable(struct dirty_info *info)
+{
+ return info->nr_file_dirty + info->nr_unstable_nfs;
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
void laptop_io_completion(struct backing_dev_info *info);
void laptop_sync_completion(void);
@@ -124,7 +137,7 @@ struct ctl_table;
int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
-void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty);
+void global_dirty_info(struct dirty_info *info);
unsigned long bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
unsigned long dirty);
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 027100d..17a06ab 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
{
struct backing_dev_info *bdi = m->private;
struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
- unsigned long background_thresh;
- unsigned long dirty_thresh;
+ struct dirty_info dirty_info;
unsigned long bdi_thresh;
unsigned long nr_dirty, nr_io, nr_more_io, nr_wb;
struct inode *inode;
@@ -82,8 +81,8 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
nr_more_io++;
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
- global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
- bdi_thresh = bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, dirty_thresh);
+ global_dirty_info(&dirty_info);
+ bdi_thresh = bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, dirty_info.dirty_thresh);
#define K(x) ((x) << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10))
seq_printf(m,
@@ -99,9 +98,14 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
"state: %8lx\n",
(unsigned long) K(bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK)),
(unsigned long) K(bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE)),
- K(bdi_thresh), K(dirty_thresh),
- K(background_thresh), nr_dirty, nr_io, nr_more_io,
- !list_empty(&bdi->bdi_list), bdi->state);
+ K(bdi_thresh),
+ K(dirty_info.dirty_thresh),
+ K(dirty_info.background_thresh),
+ nr_dirty,
+ nr_io,
+ nr_more_io,
+ !list_empty(&bdi->bdi_list),
+ bdi->state);
#undef K
return 0;
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 4408e54..00424b9 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
}
/*
- * global_dirty_limits - background-writeback and dirty-throttling thresholds
+ * global_dirty_info - return dirty thresholds and usage metrics
*
* Calculate the dirty thresholds based on sysctl parameters
* - vm.dirty_background_ratio or vm.dirty_background_bytes
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
* The dirty limits will be lifted by 1/4 for PF_LESS_THROTTLE (ie. nfsd) and
* real-time tasks.
*/
-void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty)
+void global_dirty_info(struct dirty_info *info)
{
unsigned long background;
unsigned long dirty;
@@ -426,6 +426,10 @@ void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty)
else
background = (dirty_background_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
+ info->nr_file_dirty = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY);
+ info->nr_writeback = global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK);
+ info->nr_unstable_nfs = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
+
if (background >= dirty)
background = dirty / 2;
tsk = current;
@@ -433,8 +437,8 @@ void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty)
background += background / 4;
dirty += dirty / 4;
}
- *pbackground = background;
- *pdirty = dirty;
+ info->background_thresh = background;
+ info->dirty_thresh = dirty;
}
/*
@@ -478,12 +482,9 @@ unsigned long bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned long dirty)
static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
unsigned long write_chunk)
{
- unsigned long nr_reclaimable;
+ struct dirty_info sys_info;
long bdi_nr_reclaimable;
- unsigned long nr_writeback;
long bdi_nr_writeback;
- unsigned long background_thresh;
- unsigned long dirty_thresh;
unsigned long bdi_thresh;
unsigned long pages_written = 0;
unsigned long pause = 1;
@@ -498,22 +499,19 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
.range_cyclic = 1,
};
- nr_reclaimable = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
- global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
- nr_writeback = global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK);
-
- global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
+ global_dirty_info(&sys_info);
/*
* Throttle it only when the background writeback cannot
* catch-up. This avoids (excessively) small writeouts
* when the bdi limits are ramping up.
*/
- if (nr_reclaimable + nr_writeback <=
- (background_thresh + dirty_thresh) / 2)
+ if (dirty_info_reclaimable(&sys_info) + sys_info.nr_writeback <=
+ (sys_info.background_thresh +
+ sys_info.dirty_thresh) / 2)
break;
- bdi_thresh = bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, dirty_thresh);
+ bdi_thresh = bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, sys_info.dirty_thresh);
bdi_thresh = task_dirty_limit(current, bdi_thresh);
/*
@@ -542,7 +540,8 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
*/
dirty_exceeded =
(bdi_nr_reclaimable + bdi_nr_writeback > bdi_thresh)
- || (nr_reclaimable + nr_writeback > dirty_thresh);
+ || (dirty_info_reclaimable(&sys_info) +
+ sys_info.nr_writeback > sys_info.dirty_thresh);
if (!dirty_exceeded)
break;
@@ -595,7 +594,8 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
* background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low.
*/
if ((laptop_mode && pages_written) ||
- (!laptop_mode && (nr_reclaimable > background_thresh)))
+ (!laptop_mode && (dirty_info_reclaimable(&sys_info) >
+ sys_info.background_thresh)))
bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi);
}
@@ -655,21 +655,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr);
void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
- unsigned long background_thresh;
- unsigned long dirty_thresh;
+ struct dirty_info sys_info;
for ( ; ; ) {
- global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
+ global_dirty_info(&sys_info);
/*
* Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page
* allocators so they don't get DoS'ed by heavy writers
*/
- dirty_thresh += dirty_thresh / 10; /* wheeee... */
+ sys_info.dirty_thresh +=
+ sys_info.dirty_thresh / 10; /* wheeee... */
- if (global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
- global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh)
- break;
+ if (sys_info.nr_unstable_nfs +
+ sys_info.nr_writeback <= sys_info.dirty_thresh)
+ break;
congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
/*
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 0c3b504..ec95924 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1044,6 +1044,7 @@ static void *vmstat_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
{
unsigned long *v;
int i, stat_items_size;
+ struct dirty_info dirty_info;
if (*pos >= ARRAY_SIZE(vmstat_text))
return NULL;
@@ -1062,8 +1063,9 @@ static void *vmstat_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
v[i] = global_page_state(i);
v += NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS;
- global_dirty_limits(v + NR_DIRTY_BG_THRESHOLD,
- v + NR_DIRTY_THRESHOLD);
+ global_dirty_info(&dirty_info);
+ v[NR_DIRTY_BG_THRESHOLD] = dirty_info.background_thresh;
+ v[NR_DIRTY_THRESHOLD] = dirty_info.dirty_thresh;
v += NR_VM_WRITEBACK_STAT_ITEMS;
#ifdef CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS
--
1.7.3.1
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